Carrots by Collen Helme

Shelby Nichols is a housewife married to a respectable lawyer. Her life is one of everyday normality until one day in grocery store where she is buying carrots and her head is grazed by a bullet from the cross-fire of a bank robbery nearby, which seems at first to have not caused any change in her personality or life.

Until on day she begins to hear what people are thinking. Shelby hears who they want to kill, what their planning on cook for dinner and what they think about their bosses and spouses.

This leads to trouble when she hears what her children really think of her and she believes her husband loves her but he keeps thinking about a red head in his office. During her investigations into who the redhead is she becomes mixed up with the mafia and is saved by a Ramos a hit-man who is cool and hot. This is problems and Ramos and the boss finding out about Shelby's talent, which leads to even more problems for Shelby when she has to hide it from her husband.

Shelby tells her husband of her new found ability which leads to conflict, can she save her marriage, stay alive and discover what her husbands colleague is up to.

I came across this book through a book promotion and was drawn in from the start. The writing is quick and witty, although not necessarily to everyone's taste.  Shelby is a lovable character who can also be extremely annoying, she has a habit of talking too much and edging her way to having her ability being discovered which is how she ended up working for the mob boss.

The hit-man Ramos is well written and we see not only is steely dangerous side, but a fun loving man who has the hots for Shelby and is quite happy to show them, apart from when is boss is around.

The book is fun although in some places it leaves you feeling your reality is being stretched.